White House ceremonyto honor local program

Alchemy after-school program wins national honor

Young men in Alchemy group play drums together at a workshop at Lawton Community Center in the May 13, 2011 file photo. Founder G. Kwame Scruggs vowed to work with the boys through high school. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)

Alchemy members Christopher Sibley of Copley High School (left) and Aaron Carey of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School play drums in this May 13, 2011 file photo. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)

Kwame Scruggs talks about his after school program called Alchemy in this Jan 25, 2006 file photo. (Akron Beacon Journal/Ken Love)